The Toronto Blue Jays have officially announced that they have signed outfielder Kevin Kiermaier to a one-year, $9-million contract.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie writes that while Kevin Kiermaier represents an improvement in the Toronto Blue Jays outfield defensively, the team still needs to add another more offensively inclined outfielder.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie provides a rundown on new Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida.
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Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) has won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2022 Tip O’Neill Award, as top Canadian player.
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Five-time All-Star and 1995 World Champion Fred McGriff earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday via the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee process, it was announced today on MLB Network.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher contends that new Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly will be an “associate manager” with the club.
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Shintaro Fujinami has been posted by Nippon Professional Baseball’s Hanshin Tigers. Big-league teams will now have 45 days to try and make a deal with him. And from all indications the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland A’s are two of the interested parties, writes Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie.
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The Toronto Chapter of the BBWAA has announced its annual award winners. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) earned the Neil MacCarl Award as Player of the Year while RHP Alek Manoah landed Pitcher of the Year. The Most Improved Player Award was given to RHP Ross Stripling. Also recognized were first base coach Mark Budzinski and broadcaster Buck Martinez as the John Cerutti Award co-recipients for displaying goodwill, cooperation, and character.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Don Mattingly to be their bench coach.
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It was eight years ago today that the Toronto Blue Jays acquired Josh Donaldson from the Oakland A’s in exchange for Brett Lawrie (Langley, B.C.), Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin and Franklin Baretto. We thought we’d resurrect this story written by editor-in-chief Bob Elliott when he visited the Oakland A’s camp in the spring of 2015 to ask Donaldson’s former teammates about the slugging third baseman.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired RHP Erik Swanson and LHP Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.) from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Teoscar Hernández.
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On Monday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the eight-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2023. The Contemporary Era Committee will meet on Dec. 4 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in San Diego, Calif.
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Jays Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Toronto Blue Jays, is committed to stepping up for Canadians in times of need. As Hurricane Fiona relief efforts continue, Jays Care has donated $250,000 to the Canadian Red Cross’s Hurricane Fiona in Canada Appeal to support community recovery in Atlantic Canada and Eastern Quebec. The donation was matched dollar-for-dollar by the Government of Canada, bringing the total donation amount to $500,000.
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Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has won his first Gold Glove Award.
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Toronto Blue Jays legendary broadcaster Buck Martinez and former Montreal Expos ace Steve Rogers are two of the finalists for the MLBPA’s Curt Flood Award, which is presented annually to “a former player, living or deceased, who in the image of Flood demonstrated a selfless, longtime devotion to the Players Association and advancement of players’ rights.”
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The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with John Schneider on a three-year contract as Manager for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 seasons, with a team option for the 2026 season.
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker presents the case for how each of the American League wild-card teams - including the Toronto Blue Jays - have a chance to advance to the World Series.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look at all of the 100-RBI seasons in Toronto Blue Jays’ history.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has become the 10th player born in Canada to hit 100 home runs in the big leagues.
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Steve Davis, the first pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization to register 20 wins in a single season, passed away on September 28, 2021 at the age of 61 after a courageous battle with cancer. His obituary was published recently by Thompson’s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home and Crematory in Fort Worth, Tex.
Davis pitched in the Blue Jays’ organization from 1982 to 1988, but he’s best known as the first pitcher in the organization’s history to earn 20 wins in a single season. He accomplished the feat in 1985 when he won 17 games at double-A Knoxville, three at triple-A Syracuse and two with the big league Blue Jays for a total of 22.
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